He says he wants to run for U.S. Senator, but Illinois is a state — not a district carved out in Springfield.
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Letters: Trump, GOP should be ashamed, but they’re not
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Donald Trump is a narcissist. He cannot be shamed, he does not know right from wrong. So it is not Trump to be condemned, but whoever carries out his plans, his wishes, his self aggrandizement, his violation of the Constitution.
Letters: Demo 2025 — symphony of destruction
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The machines resembled dinosaurs, an extinct species, devouring the extincting shelter for carnivorous, unleashed predatory dire wolves of Wall Street.
Letters: Can new divisions help our derision?
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If gerrymandering were to disappear, politics and politicians would be less extreme. People would have to talk to each other. Maybe new parties would spring up
Letters: Funding the war machine, Speaker Johnson, is the easy part
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“We have always been at war with Eurasia,” — 1984, George Orwell
Poetry: The Romantics, 1966; Main and Flora
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Big old building with small apartments. Mine was one room, furnished, tiny kitchen, tiny bathroom, I inherited from a Chicago friend. He left his posters — Che Guevara, Malcolm X, a Picasso, and a Miles Davis album. Soc. 101 for…
Heard on the Bus
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Eddie Russell Jr. was shot 16 times by Peoria Police “They knew he was mental but went ahead and shot him sixteen times. Then those policemen got metals.” “No way!” “Yes, ma’am.” Stop Requested
‘Whisper and Shout’ brings open mic goodness to Contemporary Art Center
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“Whisper and Shout” is an open-mike-spoken-word performance held the first Thursday of each month at the Contemporary Art Center. The mike is open to all comers, and everyone who performs is strongly supported. The overriding philosophy is that “everyone…